Wednesday - October 23

Bike

1h 00m 59s

15.13 miles

14.89 Mi/hr

Easy rider... I went out on Tingen and then took Friendship to Old 1 and meandered home.

Sport

Stretching

15m

Stretch and roll

√ Ride tonight

Be fearless

Maija is suggestion that I eat about twice as much pre-race as I had planned. Then during the race I'm planning on 200-250 calories per hour on the bike, concentrating a higher percentage mid ride to help avoid bloat and slosh on the run. For the run 100 calories per 45 min + fluids.

Gear was washed yesterday. I left it hanging to dry overnight and I'll get it into it's proper gear bag tonight.

Emma is getting dropped at the sitter's tomorrow.

Checking the forecast for Saturday. Again. (BTW, NW wind is good, kinda cross headwind on the way out and tailwind to T2.)

Accuweather 39/63/42 4 mph NW

Weather.com 36/62/43 6 mph NW

Weather Underground 43/61/48 5-10 mph N shifting to W

Part of the discrepancy is the inland forecast versus the coastal forecast. Overall, I'm happy with this. I'll have to look at the hourly forecast on Friday to decide on vest of no vest (which would mean shoving a zip lock back under my jersey at the beginning. I'll figure it out once I see how quickly it's expected to warm up. Right now Accuweather has the RealFeel going above 60 at noon and to 70 by 2:00.

Tuesday - October 22

Run

30m 17s

3.10 miles

09m 46s /Mi

Today's training plan called for a 30 minute easy run with 5 x 30 sec strides with 30 seconds between. I decided that since it was designated easy, I'd bring Em with me. I generally take her on runs 20 minutes or less otherwise. I wasn't sure how she'd like the strides but she enjoyed them. The first one I said, "Let's go!" and at the end of it I said, "Ea-sy!" The second one she picked right up on it! Good Emma!

Sport

Stretching

15m

Stretch and roll

√ Short easy run tonight

Keep believing in yourself and your dreams

I also need to start building the info packet for Kevin. I always put all of the race info together for him so he knows what the heck is going on. Just because I've been totally immersed in this doesn't mean that he has been. Plus I think that his mind reading ability is iffy at best.

I put together my "dream race" timing. Stressful putting it on paper.

Laundry also needs to get done so that I can finish packing. It looks like my be decision will be vest or no vest (on the bike). What say you? I'll probably wait for the hourly forecast to come out. Right now the high is forecast for low 60s but trending downward.

Chris asked about the weather so I checked again

Source the low Friday/high Saturday/low Saturday followed by wind info

Saturday - October 19

I went out to Lake Jordan and swam at Ebenezer Church. The parking lot was empty -- expect of a half dozen or so other swimmers ;-) First wetsuit swim since Lake Logan.

I finished my workout stuff by about noon. Kevin planned to be in Brevard this weekend but he crashed his bike on Thursday and cut his leg, requiring a few stitches. He was told that he cannot ride for a few days so the trip was off. We ran a few errands in the afternoon, went to Carrboro for a bit, and then watched the Canes game at night.

I also got my SBR and SN bags out. I've used the same 2 gallon bags the last two years. Bike SN is done. I have to do laundry to finish the rest but I made a good dent in it. I also managed to locate some throw away shoes and a top for before the race (it's donation-wear or trash, we don't get the pre race stuff back). I'd like to get something more than a LS tee for before the race and I've asked Kevin to see if he has anything that he's about to get rid of. Otherwise, it'll be a $6 sweatshirt. If I want something other than tri shorts in the morning, I'll be sporting some purple sweat pants. Very high fashion!